"Those who denigrate him(Nehru), reject his vision of India anchored in Parliamentary democracy. Those who malign him reject his vision of an India celebrating its many diversities while strengthening the bonds of its unity.
"Those who castigate him, oblivious of the larger political and historical context of his times, reject his vision of an India in which the state is the catalyst for socio-economic transformation," she said.
"But what is being attempted on Jawaharal Nehru by some forces in our country is not based on objective scholarship or critical enquiry," Gandhi said while speaking at the function where Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial lecture 2013 was delivered.
It was delivered by Prof Judith M Brown, an authority on Nehru, on "from prison to Teen Murti-- the making of a Prime Minister".
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Gandhi also said that even during his halcyon days, Nehru had his critics.
"Given his towering stature, intellectually and politically, we often tend to think he governed unchallenged. Not so," she said.
The Gujarat chief minister had on several occasions criticised Nehru.
While paying tributes to Sardar Patel at a function in Hyderabad, on August 11, he blamed him for the unresolved Kashmir issue.
"Nehru gave Patel the task of integrating 500 states into India, however, he kept Kashmir issue with himself...," he had said.
While Patel successfully did his job, Nehru failed to sort out the issue, Modi had said.